Spirit-Anointed Preaching, Part 2

“For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12

How does the Holy Spirit saturate our teaching? Most significantly He fills our messages and ministries with His supernatural power as we preach and stand on the infallible Word of God. The Scriptures are the precise communication of God Himself Who is Spirit and Life: “...men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God” (2 Pet. 1:21). “All Scripture is inspired (God-breathed) by God ...” (2 Tim. 3:16).

The Word of God was conceived and born through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The minister who is committed to its reliability, infallibility, and relevance to all of life will find supernatural results as he is faithful to proclaim it.
                               
Several years ago, a West Coast pastor shared how the power of the Word is evident when simply reading it: “We spend six weeks as a congregation reading the book of Revelation every Sunday evening... When we got through, we had a phenomenal concept of the power of Jesus, of the sovereignty of God, of the security that is ours on this planet, and of the utter, complete, unquestionable triumph of the church of Jesus Christ...I am convinced that pure, raw, direct, exposure to the Word of God will absolutely change people’s lives...”

“They read from the book, from the law of God...” Nehemiah 8:8